Raptr is shutting down on September 30th

Do you remember Raptr? You can see a screenshot from our own memories of it right there in the header. Yes, there was a time when Raptr provided us plenty of information about which games were most popular among Raptr users. But no longer; the service is officially shutting down on September 30th, with the option for existing users to download their user data and overall usage history for the past decade of tracking.

The stated rationale for the shutdown is simply that the world is a different place from when it launched, and at this point there’s just no need to keep it around any longer. There are several first-party optimization clients for game settings already available, which does render the original purpose of the Raptr service fairly redundant. Our condolences go out to those affected by the shutdown.

There are several first-party optimization clients for game settings already available, which does render the original purpose of the Raptr service fairly redundant.

I never used their so called optimization feature. I used it purely to track my time played in various games. I only stopped using it because it wouldn’t detect Secret World Legends. I wish I had redeemed my points earlier, rather then waiting for something better to come along. Just re-installed it to see if there was anything I could get, and they seem to have removed the reward points section from the app now.

I used it to track game info during/after Xfire, which I found after GamerDNA. Was trying to find new ways to expand my gaming social network without having to sign up with scarier companies that sell my personal info and can share my pictures without my permission. None of them delivered.

Not surprising but perhaps a bit sad. I used it for many years and got a ton of free swag. Even managed to score a free T6 Valiant class escort for STO.

I stopped using it as it stopped tracking my game times after one of their updates. Tried to sort it out with their tech support but they couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Ended up just dropping it. Oh well.

But what about all those valuable raptr points I was told I had?
There should be the basis for a class action lawsuit, number of points TIMES the number of spam mails insisting that they were super-awesome as the base value of your claim, in dollars.

There it goes the last program to track your gaming times. Sad. Fells strange though they shutting down Raptr because its most irrelevante function(nobody ever cared for the optimization tool, we use raptr for the game tracking) became obsolete.

Not “the last program”…..there’s Steam. In fact, Steam does it so well that it’s pointless to use other services. And yes, non-Steam purchased games can be added to Steam to track as well. That’s why there’s so much pointlessness around RaptR. Steam has more users, more friends, more social connectives, and just overall is a better overlay service.

Several popular MMO’s are not on steam (GW2, WoW) and the ones that are on steam are often region blocked on steam here in India (Archeage, Blade and Soul), even if I can play them with the games own launcher.

Personaly i don’t care for Steam games at all,(and know many ppl like me) i play basicaly mmos, from thoose i play only FFXIV is on steam but would require i buy the game again and start another character fresh (basically irrelevante option).

Sure, but in most MMORPGs, I have 3-6 characters, and they tend to format their /played as “X days, Y hours, Z minutes.” Raptr was great for summarizing “## hours” without the need to log in to every single character and then convert to hours.

And I don’t just play MMORPGs. There’s no /played in Skyrim, World of Warships, Minecraft, Fire Emblem… :)